The main dissident faction of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group on Friday denied responsibility for an attack last weekend on Senator Miguel Uribe, after the ...

BOGOTA, June 22 (Reuters) - Colombia's army said on Sunday that 57 soldiers were kidnapped by civilians acting under pressure from FARC dissidents in a mountainous area of the country's southwest.

The military says the civilians are acting under pressure from dissidents of the Farc rebel group which agreed a peace deal with the government in 2016.